How to Use pit against in a Sentence

pit against

phrasal verb

• The guilds are wary of being pitted against each other.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 13 Oct. 2023
• But in each case, these concerns were pitted against the views of those who accept the IAEA assessment.
  — Lillian Yang, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2023
• But Beckenbauer’s team was pitted against 1860’s youth side in the final.
  — CiarÁn Fahey, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2024
• Since then, the two icons have been constantly pitted against each other.
  — Goldie Chan, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
• In the battle round, two contestants on the same team are pitted against each other and their coach determines who sang the song best.
  — Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 21 Oct. 2023
• Will Johnson for Michigan has been pitted against some of the top receivers in the country, and this game will be no exception.
  — Kevin Skiver, Detroit Free Press, 8 Jan. 2024
• In the early aughts, the up-and-coming starlets were pitted against each other in the media, often portrayed as rivals.
  — TIME, 20 Oct. 2023
• At nearly every open house, I was pitted against New Yorkers who, like me, had decamped from Brooklyn in search of sunlight and a place to park their cars.
  — Zoë Bernard, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2023
• That track, which delighted fans in its union of two artists (Carey and Grande) that have been unfairly pit against each other in the past, came complete with a glitzy music video.
  — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 18 Feb. 2024
• At nearly every open house, she was pitted against New Yorkers who, like her, had decamped from Brooklyn in search of sunlight and a place to park their cars.
  — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2023
• How about two legendary movie monsters pitted against each other?
  — Johnny Loftus, EW.com, 14 Nov. 2023
• The show was frequently pitted against The Wire, which seems like an oblong comparison.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2023
• The victims had the bad luck of being pitted against Leasure’s friends in acrimonious divorces.
  — Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
• Those two leagues are often pitted against one another.
  — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2024
• The Colts have given him first-team snaps right out of the gate, and when the team convenes at Grand Park for training camp, the rookie will be pitted against the veteran in a competition to start the season opener.
  — Indystar Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 13 June 2023
• The latest coup in 2013, which saw Christian and Muslim militias pitted against each other, was organized by Séléka, a coalition of rebel groups.
  — Gabe Joselow, NBC news, 1 June 2023
• Some of this, two sources close to the production say, was due to the inherent premise of the show, which involved children being pitted against each other in a competitive setting.
  — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2024
• Like some other hopeful hosts, Cool Murphy was pitted against her own neighbors to compete for a lucrative short-term rental license.
  — Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2023
• Perhaps just as dangerous is the potential for division within the armed services as military brass are pitted against the rank and file.
  — Theo Milonopoulos, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2023
• As such, the public must be instructed on how to vote, making for several amusing scenes in which neighbors who once got along are pitted against one another.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 7 Oct. 2023
• Three Connecticut Sun players will also compete in the All-Star game with teammates — and families — pitted against each other.
  — Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2024
• Bajpayee plays the prosecuting lawyer who is pitted against a phalanx of celebrity lawyers.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 May 2023
• Things get particularly meta during one showdown in a saloon, in which our hero is pitted against … another good guy.
  — Jordan Hoffman, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
• It was advertised as two huge swimming giants, local sweetheart Rebecca and rising star Lotte, pitted against each other in lanes four and five.
  — SELF, 11 June 2024
• This raises the possibility that young men from a poor Himalayan nation with no stake in the war could be pitted against one another in the trenches of Ukraine, an unsettling prospect raising alarm back home.
  — Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2023
• Who would have thought one of Putin's closest allies, a former convict and Kremlin caterer, would eventually be pitted against the Russian leader.
  — CBS News, 25 June 2023
• Though the pair was often pitted against each other and portrayed by the media as rivals during their pop heyday, Simpson has openly supported Spears in recent years.
  — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 15 Oct. 2023
• With that pitted against an occupant-free weight of around 1200 pounds, acceleration will likely be leisurely.
  — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 17 Aug. 2023
• With forms propped or pitted against one another, Baghramian’s compositions subtly convey some of the unease and dread that permeate our time.
  — Roberta Smith, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2023
• We were so often pitted against each other, but none of that reflected the truth of our real relationship which was one built on mutual respect and admiration.
  — Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 24 July 2024

Last Updated: 31 Oct 2024